BILL NUMBER: AB 1059	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   711
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 6, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 17, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 28, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ducheny

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to add Section 44259.5 to, the Education Code, relating to
teachers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1059, Ducheny.  Teachers.
   Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing
(commission) to perform specified duties relating to the issuance of
teacher credentials. Existing law authorizes the commission to issue
certificates that authorize the holder to provide specified services
to limited-English-proficient pupils.
   This bill would require the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to
ensure, by July 1, 2002, that an accredited program of professional
preparation satisfies standards established by the commission for the
preparation of teachers for all pupils, including English language
learners.  The standards would be required to be based upon an
independent job analysis of the essential knowledge, skills, and
abilities needed by all classroom teachers to develop English
language skills while maintaining academic progress across the
curriculum and to take into account existing standards and test
specifications for the Crosscultural, Language and Academic
Development certificate.  The bill would require the commission to
provide candidates for teaching credentials, including candidates
prepared in other states, with an examination route to fulfill the
requirements for essential preparation to teach English language
learners.
   The bill would prohibit the commission, commencing July 1, 2003,
from issuing a preliminary teaching credential to an applicant unless
the applicant satisfies the standards and requirements established
by this bill or has an authorization to provide services to English
language learners issued by the commission.
   The bill would require an approved program of beginning teacher
induction, commencing July 1, 2003, to satisfy standards established
by the commission and the Superintendent of Public Instruction for
beginning teacher induction for teachers for all pupils, including
English language learners.  The standards would be required to
incorporate the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for
first-year and second-year certificated teachers to apply effective
instructional strategies that assist pupils to develop English
language proficiency while maintaining academic progress across the
curriculum.
   The bill would also prohibit the commission, commencing July 1,
2005, from initially issuing a professional clear teaching credential
to an applicant unless the applicant satisfies the standards and
requirements required under an approved program of beginning teacher
induction or has an authorization to provide services to English
language learners issued by the commission.
   The bill would entitle a candidate for a teaching credential to
earn and receive the credential by fulfilling the standards and
requirements for the credential that were in effect when the
candidate entered an accredited preparation program or an approved
induction program.
   The bill would require the commission to report to the education
policy committees regarding the implementation of those provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 44259.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   44259.5.  (a) By July 1, 2002, the commission shall ensure that an
accredited program of professional preparation offered pursuant to
paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 44259 satisfies standards
established by the commission for the preparation of teachers for
all pupils, including English language learners.  The standards shall
be based upon an independent job analysis of the essential
knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by all classroom teachers to
develop English language skills while maintaining academic progress
across the curriculum and shall take into account existing standards
and test specifications for the Crosscultural, Language and Academic
Development certificate.  The commission shall ensure that the
standards established pursuant to this subdivision are aligned with
the requirements of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision
(b) of Section 44259 and Section 60200.4.
   (b) To maintain current statutory options for teachers in
completing credential requirements, the commission shall provide
candidates, including candidates prepared in other states, with an
examination route to fulfilling the requirements pursuant to
subdivision (a) for essential preparation to teach English language
learners.  The commission shall provide for a comprehensive validity
study of the examination before implementing this section.
   (c) Commencing July 1, 2003, the commission may not issue a
preliminary teaching credential to an applicant pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 44259 unless the applicant has satisfied
the standards and requirements established pursuant to subdivision
(a) or has an authorization to provide services to English language
learners issued pursuant to Section 44253, 44253.1, 44253.2, 44253.3,
44253.4, or 44253.10.
   (d) Commencing July 1, 2003, an approved program of beginning
teacher induction offered pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision
(c) of Section 44259 shall satisfy standards established by the
commission and the Superintendent of Public Instruction for beginning
teacher induction for teachers for all pupils, including English
language learners.  The commission and the superintendent shall
incorporate in these standards the essential knowledge, skills, and
abilities needed for first-year and second-year certificated teachers
to apply effective instructional strategies that assist pupils to
develop English language proficiency while maintaining academic
progress across the curriculum.  The standards shall be based upon
the independent job analysis of the essential knowledge, skills, and
abilities for all classroom teachers conducted pursuant to
subdivision (a).
   (e) Commencing July 1, 2005, the commission may not initially
issue a professional clear teaching credential to an applicant
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 44259 unless the applicant has
satisfied the standards and requirements established pursuant to
subdivision (d) or has an authorization to provide services to
English language learners issued pursuant to Section 44253, 44253.1,
44253.2, 44253.3, 44253.4, or 44253.10.
   (f) No provision of this section applies to the University of
California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of
California, by appropriate resolution, make that provision
applicable.
   (g) A candidate for a teaching credential pursuant to Section
44259 is entitled to earn and receive the credential by fulfilling
the standards and requirements for the credential that were in effect
when the candidate entered accredited preparation or approved
induction for the credential.
   (h) (1) By July 1, 2000, the commission shall report to the
education policy committees in each house of the Legislature the
following:
   (A) The results of the job analysis required pursuant to
subdivision (a).
   (B) The status of the new standards developed pursuant to
subdivision (a).
   (C) The status of the implementation of the standards developed
pursuant to subdivision (a).
   (2) By July 1, 2001, the commission shall report to the education
policy committees in each house of the Legislature on the new
standards it is required to develop pursuant to subdivision (a) and
the progress of the implementation of the new standards by accredited
programs of professional preparation.
   (3) By July 1, 2002, the commission shall report to the education
policy committees in each house of the Legislature on the outcomes
and recommendations for the implementation of the validity study
required pursuant to subdivision (b).
